Sunday, March 3, 2013

Centennial Month! Events Update

Come
hear and see more about 'Our National Calamity' of March 1913 at commemorative
events across Nebraska, Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.

A panel discussion in Nebraska will
screen a new documentary movie. Art museums in Indiana and Ohio imaginatively
put a viewer in the midst of a flood. A conference in Kentucky will reflect on
preventing future disasters. Online are virtual exhibits of historical
photographs, some leading to essential information about flood awareness should
such a tragedy recur. Yes, this month—March 2013—groups across at least four
states are commemorating the Great Easter 1913 natural disaster with events
ranging from public lectures to walking tours to a memorial service to
relatives swept away.

And watch your local media! On March 9,
an Indiana radio station will devote a live, hour-long listener call-in show to
the 1913 flood; the program can also be live-streamed online. On March 9 and 15
in Dayton, Ohio, two PBS TV

The
Dayton Art Institute, in its Special Exhibition Wing, will present a suite of
three exhibits that commemorate the centennial of the 1913 Flood.

stations will air a documentary on the devastating
1913 flood in Dayton that drew attention and pity from the entire world. Beginning
about March 17, at least four Ohio newspapers (in Akron, Cleveland, Hamilton,
and Marietta) will be running special features on the 1913 flood, and doubtless
others will as well. And on March 22, a PBS TV station in Omaha, Nebraska, will
air a documentary on the devastating 1913 family of tornadoes that roared
through Nebraska and Iowa, including through downtown Omaha. The Indiana PBS TV
station WFYI is now filming a special on the 1913 flood. Meantime, pages are
going up on Facebook and Twitter.

If you attend or host a 1913 event, please
let me know how it goes. E-mail me a
paragraph about what it covered, who was there, and how you felt. Send some photographs.
Also, please send meclippings, PDFs, and/or URLs to 1913 centennial flood and
tornado stories run in local newspapers or online. Don’t forget links to
podcasts or videos. Sometime in April, I plan to post a roundup of accounts of
events and links to centennial articles to share with people in distant
regions… and so memories don’t fade away, as they did after 1913.

Note: Some events below are new for
this March listing. Some events listed last month have extended their runs or
updated details or **even changed venue.** Please contact the sources listed
for more information (unless you have questions specifically about the talks I
personally will be giving).

Note also: for some organizations
(notably the NOAA weather services), the 1913 centennial extends this entire
year: one conference newly listed below is slated for August. Next event update
is scheduled for April 7. Announcements or modifications received by Monday,
April 1 (no foolin’!) can be included; please contact me at t.e.bell@ieee.org .

Catherine
Biba (Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University, whose dissertation focuses on the
Omaha tornado and the business community’s response). After the panel
discussion, Tobias of NET will show a 10- to 15-minute preview of his new documentaryDevil Clouds:Tornadoes
Strike Nebraska on the 1913 Easter tornado outbreak, which will debut on
NETV on March 22, 2013 (check local listings for times). NET is also airing a
series of radio and TV stories about the Omaha tornadoes in March.
Douglas County Historical Society is also collaborating with the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society to publish a
photographic booklet (available at the March 10th panel discussion) of the
tornado’s destruction, because the path of the Omaha tornado devastated the
Jewish community. Members of both organizations will receive a complimentary
copy of the booklet for attending the event.

March 22 (Friday). Documentary Devil Clouds:Tornadoes Strike Nebraska on the 1913
Easter tornado outbreak will premier on NETV (Nebraska Public TV). Check local
listings for times. Throughout March, NET is also airing a series of radio and
TV stories about the Omaha tornadoes. Closer to the time, more
information will appear on NET's
website.

KENTUCKY

March 26 (Tuesday). Louisville. [UPDATE MARCH 5: **ENTIRE CONFERENCE POSTPONED UNTIL MAYBE AUGUST DUE TO SEQUESTRATION**] The first day of the Ohio River Basin Alliance annual
meeting will have a session from 1:00 to 2:00 PM dedicated to “The Historic 1913 Flood,” featuring
talks by Sarah Jamison (National Weather Service), Trudy E. Bell (University of
California), and Manuela Johnson (Indiana Department of Homeland Security).
Preliminary agenda and hotel information are at the ORBA website (special
hotel convention rate is good for reservations made up to March 8).

INDIANA

In
progress now through April 30. Noblesville. Exhibit of eight original
photographs commemorating the 1913 flood in Noblesville, which is on the White
River, from three different collections in the Hamilton East Public Library (One Library Plaza,
Noblesville, 46060).
The exhibit “The Great Flood of 1913,”
displayed in the Indiana Room, also includes newspaper headlines and enlarged
copies of local newspaper articles. For details, contact the Indiana Room 330-770-3206. The 1913 flood is
still the flood of record in Noblesville.

March 1-April 30. West
Lafayette. The West Lafayette
Public Library, 208 W. Columbia, West Lafayette, will display photographs from
the Tippecanoe County Historical Association’s Permanent Collection in an
exhibit 100th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1913 Great Flood and Its
Destruction in Tippecanoe County. The exhibit will feature narratives about
the great flood in Indiana towns and across the Midwest, as the monumental
spring 1913 storm system generated tornadoes and floods that devastated the
industrial north from Nebraska to the Atlantic seaboard and down the
Mississippi. For more information, contact Kathy
Atwell, Executive Director, Tippecanoe
County Historical Association,
at 765-476-8411 ext. 208.

March 9 (Saturday). Indianapolis. [NEW LISTING!] The weekly 12 noon call-in radio show
“Hoosier History Live!”with Nelson Price on WICR 88.7 FM is devoting its hour to “Flood of 1913,
Worst in State History.” Panel of featured guests will be historian and science
journalist Trudy E. Bell , along with Eloise Batic and Angela Giacomelli, two
historical researchers with the Indiana Historical Society who created the
exhibit “You are There 1913: A City Under Water” that will open

March 19 (Tuesday). West
Lafayette. Talk “The Great Easter Flood of 1913: Second
Only to Noah’s” by Robert Verplank, at Lafayette Rotary Noon Club. Lunch at
11:30 AM ($11.00) followed by program. Public welcome. Four Points by Sheraton,
1600 Cumberland Avenue. For more information, contact Bob
Verplank.

1913
flood in Peru, Indiana; Miami County Museum

March 23-May 25. Exhibit“Submerged:
The Great 1913 Flood in Peru, Indiana”at the Miami County Museum, Ulery Annex. The exhibit will
include objects and archival material from the museum’s collections and
highlight stories about what caused the flood, destruction of homes and
businesses, stories of rescuers and those who perished, local media coverage,
community support from our neighbors, and rebuilding of the city. Come visit us
and share the powerful images and stories, as well as listen to readers speak
the words from 1913 flood letters. See events listed for the Miami County Museum,
51 North Broadway, Peru, IN 46970; 765-473-9183; or email admin@mcmuseum.org.

March 23 (Saturday). Brookville. (NEW LISTING!) At 9:30 AM, there will be mass at St.
Michael’s church http://www.smsbrookville.org/ said for members of the Fries family lost or drowned in the
1913 flood, followed by a memorial service at the historical marker (on Route
52, right in front of the IGA) at 11:00 AM. Members of the public—especially
ones who also lost ancestors in the 1913 flood—are welcome to attend. A light
lunch will follow at 12:00 PM at the Knights of Columbus, 333 Main Street,
Brookville, with a program to follow. Reservations required: (765) 647-7365. More about Brookville in the flood appears at this Silver Jackets page.

March 26 (Tuesday)-December 31. Indianapolis. Opening of the Indiana Historical Society's ninth You Are
There experience, a special exhibit at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana
History Center "1913: A City Under
Water" commemorating the Great Flood of 1913, and addressing the
environmental effects of local urban flooding. Visit a reconstruction of the
Wulf’s Hall Relief Station http://www.indianahistory.org/indiana-experience/you-are-there/1913-em-a-city-under-water-em
on the west side of downtown
Indianapolis in the days following the flood. Exhibit is a collaboration of the
Indiana Historical Society with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and other organizations. More information appears at "Thinking About OurRelationship with Water" on the IHS blog. Hours, admission, and other information is
at http://www.indianahistory.org/plan-your-visit/hours-and-admission . [NEW!] Scenes from the making of the exhibit appear at http://www.indianahistory.org/blog/2013/02/26/making-of-you-are-there-1913-a-city-under-water .

Two images of scenes in Flow: Can You See the River? at IMA

Ongoing. [NEW LISTING!] Not specifically related to the 1913 flood, but definitely intended (among other things) to give visitors a feel for flooding is the permanent outdoor installation Flow: Can You See the River?in the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park adjacent to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Most striking is the set of trees girdled with red ribbons that give a viewer a sense of how high the water would be for a "100-year flood" (a flood with 1% chance of happening any given year). There is a PDF brochure with a map at the exhibit's microsite.

In progress now through May 5. Dayton. The Dayton Art Institute, in its Special Exhibition Wing,
will present a suite of three exhibits that commemorate the centennial of the
1913 Flood. The three are “Storm,”
an exhibit of large-scale paintings by April Gornik; “Watershed,” based on the new publication by the Miami Conservancy
District that contrasts historical images documenting the flood and its
aftermath with Andy Snow’s contemporary photographs depicting similar views;
and “Riverbank,” consisting of
images and information about development along the Great Miami River. Details
about the exhibit, hours, admission, and contact information appear at the DAI website.

March 1-April 28. Coshocton. (NEW LISTING!) Special exhibit “The Flood of 1913”of nearly 50 photographs and postcards from flooded Coshocton
County, from the collection of Joe and Donna Kreitzer, will be displayed at the
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, 300 North
Whitewoman Street (Roscoe Village).
$3.00 adults, $2 ages 5-16. For information, contact museum director Patti
Makenke at (740) 622-8710 or jhmuseum@jhmuseum.org .

March 1, 8, 15, 22, and (Fridays). Dayton. At 7:00 PM every Friday in March, Leon Bey of Gem City
Walking Tours conducts “The Great Dayton
Flood Walk.” Reservations are required; for ticket information, contact Bey (937)274-4749. For background about Bey, see "Ghosts in Dayton? tour guide tells where they
are."

March 1-31. Oxford. Display on the "Flood
of 1913: Oxford" at the Smith Library of Regional History featuring
materials from the Smith Library collection. 15 S. College Ave., Oxford, OH
45056. For details and information, call 513-523-3035.

March
1–May 4.
Hamilton. A
two-month series of events for Great
Miami River Flood of 1913 Centennial is cosponsored by the city of
Hamilton, the Michael J. Colligan History Project, Miami University Hamilton's
Downtown Center, the Butler County Historical Society, Lane Libraries, Heritage
Hall, the Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, and other local organizations.
For more information, contact Curtis W. Ellison,
Michael J. Colligan History Project, (513) 461-1131 or download the latest schedule of events.
Individual events are listed below.

March 3 (Sunday) 8 PM (repeated March
15, 9 PM). Greater Dayton area. Think
TV (PBS) on Channels 14 and 16 will air its 2010 documentary Goodbye, TheLevee Has
Broken: The Story of the Great Dayton Flood, produced in partnership with the Montgomery County
Historical Society. Check local listings for details. Also available on DVD.

March 7 (Thursday). West Milton. Talk “The Story of
the 1913 Flood in the Northern Miami Valley” followed by a book signing, by
Scott Trostel, author of And Through The
Black Night of Terror: The 1913 Flood in the Northern Miami Valley. 6:00
PM, free. Versailles Area Historical Museum, 552 S. West Street. Trostel will
give additional talks and book signings at different northern Miami Valley
venues on March 12, 14, 23, 25, 26;
details about the book and events (some requiring paid admission) appear here.

March 12 (Tuesday). Hamilton. At2:00 PM. Jim
Blount, Hamilton Historian, presents a talk "Hamilton in Crisis: Who Came to the City's rescue after the March
1913 Flood?" Hamilton Lane Library, 300 North Third Street. Part of
the Great Miami River Flood of 1913
Centennial events.

March 16 (Saturday). CVNP, Boston. At 9:00 A.M., “Flooding Boston,” a 90-minute, two-mile
naturalist-guided hike along road and trail to explore stories of Boston and
the devastating 1913 flood. For details and registration, call 330-657-2299.
See also http://www.ohioanderiecanalway.com/Main/Pages/106.aspx

March 22 (Friday). CVNP, Peninsula. Monthly Lyceum Lecture with a special start time of 8:00 PM:
science journalist and historian Trudy E. Bell, M.A., presents "The
Great Easter 1913 Flood: Ohio's Worst Natural Disaster—and Cleveland as First
Responder." Preceded by “Dinner
in the Valley: Feast Before the Flood,” at 6:00 PM, which will feature
costumed historical reenactors plus a chef discussing local foods people in
1913 might have eaten. Both at Happy Days Lodge. Lyceum lecture alone, $6
adults, $3 children 3-12. Dinner plus lecture $34 adults, $7 children 5-12. Reservations taken through March 18. For
lecture For pricing and reservations, call 330-657-2909, x100 (lecture),
330-657-2796 x121 (dinner and lecture). See also http://www.ohioanderiecanalway.com/Main/Pages/106.aspx

March 22 (Friday). Columbus. The afternoon session (from 2:00 to 4:00 PM) of the 17th annual Severe Weather Symposium of the Meteorology Club at The Ohio State University will
be themed around “100th Anniversary of
the 1913 Flood.” Five representatives from the Silver Jackets will speak:
Sarah Jamison (National Weather Service, Cleveland), Christopher Thom
(director, Ohio Department of Natural Resources), Steve Ferryman (Ohio
Emergency Management Agency), James Noel (Ohio River Forecast Center), and
Julie Dian-Reed (National Weather Service, Wilmington). The symposium,
from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, will be held at Mount Hall (1050 Carmack Rd. Columbus,
OH) Room 145. Registration required (bonus: the first 25 people who
express interest will be able to take a tour of the on-campus Byrd Polar
Research Center and its climate research).

March 23 (Saturday). Peninsula. Warm up with a tasty selection of over a dozen homemade soups at our
second annual "Soup's On!" event at the G.A.R. Hall on Saturday,
March 23, 2013 for the program “Soup’s On, Waters Are Rising!” from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM. pm. A special slideshow program about the 100th
anniversary of the Flood of 1913, Ohio’s greatest natural disaster, will
be shown during lunch. Fee and registration required. G.A.R. Hall Museum, 1785 Main Street , Peninsula,
44264; (330) 657-2528. See also http://www.ohioanderiecanalway.com/Main/Pages/106.aspx

March 23 (Saturday). Dayton. Opening of a new permanent exhibit on the Great Flood of 1913 on the grounds of
Carillon Historical Park by Dayton History. the exhibit will provide a
permanent home on display for hundreds of artifacts from the 1913 flood and
recovery efforts. See"Plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of region's
greatest catastrophe." Dayton
History is Montgomery County's official historical organization, consisting of
the Archive Center, Carillon Historical Park, Hawthorn Hill, Memorial Hall,
Patterson Homestead, Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial, and the Old Court
House). Carillon
Historical Park is at 1000 Carillon Blvd., Dayton Ohio, 45409, (937) 293-2841.

March 23 (Saturday). Canton. 100 years later to the day, opening and dedication of
the “Flood of 1913” exhibit 10:00
A.M.–2:00 PM. Exhibit tells the story of the 1913 flood through historic
imagery, artifacts, and photographs. Exhibit will run through December 31.
Free. Canalway Center, Sippo Lake Park/Exploration Gateway, 5712 12th Street NW, Canton,
OH 44708. See also http://www.ohioanderiecanalway.com/Main/Pages/106.aspx

March 24 (Sunday). Coshocton. (NEW LISTING!) At 2:00 PM, at the Roscoe Village Visitors Center, David A. Neuhardt, an officer and trustee of the Canal
Society of Ohio and who teaches a course on canal history at the University of
Dayton, will be presenting an illustrated talk “The Great Flood of 1913” in the
Special Exhibit Gallery at the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Whitewoman Street,
Coshocton 43812. No charge; donations accepted. Contact Debbie McDonald, (800)
877-1830 or (740) 622-7644 x12. More information appears at http://visitcoshocton.com/

March 24 (Sunday). Hamilton. At 2:00 PM and 4:00, there will be a guided interpretive
tour of 1913 flood sites in Hamilton. Tours will start at the Hamilton Visitors
Center at High and Monument Streets. Part of the Great Miami River Flood of 1913 Centennial events.

March 25 (Monday). Akron. Metro
Parks, Serving Summit Couny and the Summit County Historical Society
commemorate the flood that ended the Ohio & Erie Canal era with the "Akron History Hike: The Flood of 1913" along the Ohio & Erie Canalway
from Lock 4 to Lock 1. At 11:30 A.M., there will be a brief stop at the
historic Richard Howe House, Lock 3. Howe was the canal’s resident engineer
1825–1832; the mansion now serves as a visitor information center. For more information,
call 330-865-8065.

March 25 (Monday). Hamilton. At 12:00 noon, the City of Hamilton will have its Centennial
Commemoration of the 1913 Flood at the Butler County Courthouse Gazebo, 315
High Street. City officials, speakers, Hamilton schools, and guests commemorate
the 1913 Flood in Hamilton on the 100th anniversary of the high-water date.
Free. Part of the Great Miami River Flood of 1913 Centennial events.

March 26 (Tuesday). Hamilton. At7:00 PM. Jim
Blount, Hamilton Historian, will present a talk "The Dam Lie That Saved Lives: Hamilton Family Stories of the 1913
Flood." Program also features images from the Rob Wile Collection, Jack
Armstrong Collection, and Eckert
Family Collection of 1913 Flood Postcards, Photographs and Memorabilia.
Part of the Great Miami River Flood of 1913
Centennial events.

March 28 (Thursday). Cuyahoga Falls. [NEW LISTING!] From 12 noon to 1 PM for
“History and a Brown Bag Lunch” at the CanalWay Center of the ClevelandMetroParks, historical interpreter Karen Lakus will
share stories, facts, and photographs on “The Great Flood of 1913.” Free. Bring
a lunch if you wish. For more information, call the CanalWay Center, E. 49th
St. entrance, Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation, at (216) 206-1000.

March 28 (Thursday). Oxford. At
7:00 PM, Curtis W. Ellison and others will present a program "Towns
on the Tributaries in the 1913 Flood" at theSmith Library of Regional History. While many photographs were taken of damage to big cities,
this program will offer a broader perspective on the impact of the flood on
smaller communities. 15 S. College Ave., Oxford, OH 45056. For details and
information, call 513-523-3035.

March 30 (Saturday). Franklin. From 2:00 to 5:00 PM, the Harding Museum (302 Park Ave.,
Franklin, OH 45005) will host a special exhibit opening free to all visitors to
commemorate the centennial of the 1913 flood. The Great 1913 Flood Exhibit of the Franklin Area Historical Society features
artifacts and documents in the FAHS’s extensive 1913 flood collection.
The items will be displayed on the first floor of the Harding Museum, which
itself

1913
flood in Franklin, Ohio; Franklin area Historical Society

was flooded in 1913. Exhibit opening is free. Note: From April 7 through October 27, the
exhibit will also be available for viewing on Sunday afternoons from 2:00 to
5:00 PM at the regular admission fee of $3 per adult and $1 per child. For more
information, see the FAHS website or
leave a message at the FAHS (937-746-8295) or contact Mary Nenninger
937-743-5832.

March 30 (Saturday). Hamilton. At 2:00 PM and 4:00, there will be a guided interpretive
tour of 1913 flood sites in Hamilton. Tours will start at the Hamilton Visitors
Center at High and Monument Streets. Part of the Great Miami River Flood of
1913 Centennial events.

April 1-30. Oxford. Display on the "Flood
of 1913: Dayton" at the Smith Library of
RegionalHistory featuring materials
from the Smith Library collection. 15 S. College Ave., Oxford, OH 45056. For
details and information, call 513-523-3035.

April 6 (Saturday). Hamilton. At 2:00 PM and 4:00, there will be a guided interpretive
tour of 1913 flood sites in Hamilton. Tours will start at the Hamilton Visitors
Center at High and Monument Streets. Part of the Great Miami River Flood of
1913 Centennial events.

April 8 (Monday). Franklin. At 6:30 PM, Robert C. Bowman, President of the Franklin Area
Historical Society, will present a talk “Consequences
of the 1913 Flood on Franklin City, Carlisle, and Chautauqua,” at the
Franklin Public Library, 44 E. 4th Street, Franklin, OH 45005. Illustrated talk
will include images from photographs and postcards held in archives of the
Franklin Area Historical Society. Free. For more information, see the FAHS website or
leave a message at the FAHS (937-746-8295) or contact Robert C. Bowman at
937-903-4350.

April 9 (Tuesday). Hamilton. At 2:00 PM. Jim Blount, Hamilton Historian, will present a
talk "Remember the Promises We Made
in the Attic! Obstacles to Preventing Another 1913 Flood" Hamilton
Lane Library, 300 North Third Street. Part of the Great Miami River Flood of
1913 Centennial events.

April 9 (Tuesday). Hamilton. At 7:00 PM, "A
Talk with Tom Rentschler" on the Achievements and Legacies of the
Miami Conservancy District, at the Wilks Center, Miami University Hamilton,
1601 University Blvd. Part of the Great Miami River Flood of 1913 Centennial
events.

Feature
article in March 2011 issue of The Rotarian by Trudy E. Bell on how
through the 1913 flood Rotary discovered its humanitarian mission

April 24 (Wednesday). Rocky River. At 7:30 AM (yes, that’s 7:30 in the morning), at the
Lakewood–Rocky River Sunrise Rotary Club, Trudy E. Bell, M.A. will present a
talk “The Great Easter 1913 Tornadoes and Flood: How Rotary Discovered Its
Humanitarian Mission.” In 1913, Rotary, then a fledgling business service
organization, was only five years old. But how Rotarians everywhere instantly responded to the
devastatingtragedy transformed the
whole meaning of service. At the Don
Umerley Civic Center, 21016 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River, OH 44116.
Visitors welcome. Come early for a light breakfast ($5.00) preceding the talk. Directions are on the Rotary Club’s website.

March 9 (Saturday). [NEW LISTING!] Listen live to the weekly 12 noon call-in
radio show “Hoosier History Live!” with Nelson Price on WICR 88.7 FM; the March 9 showis devoting the entire hour to “Flood of
1913, Worst in State History.” Panel of featured guests will be historian and
science journalist Trudy E. Bell , along with Eloise Batic and Angela Giacomelli,
two historical researchers with the Indiana Historical Society who created the
exhibit “You are There 1913: A City Under Water” that will open March 26 at the
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center. Those outside the listening area can listen live online – follow the
links at http://hoosierhistorylive.org/listen.html[I tried it - sound quality is excellent!]

March 18–22: This year's annual Flood Safety Awareness Week of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Useful statistics and
training materials are here.

April 18 (Thursday). Worldwide. [NEW LISTING!] World Amateur Radio Day. Each year on April
18, amateur (ham) radio operators internationally celebrate World Amateur Radio
Day, the day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was
founded. This year 2013 is special, because 100 years ago during the 1913 flood
in Columbus, Ohio (see this 1964 obituary of one of the radio amateur heroes), and elsewhere were the first recorded instances of
amateur radio being used to provide communications in a natural disaster. The
theme for 2013 is thus “Amateur Radio: Entering Its Second Century of DisasterCommunications.”

Indianapolis NOAA websiteon the 1913 flood, is focusing on Indiana, with dramatic
photographs along with maps and data useful for any local organizations
planning events.

The Miami Conservancy District in southwest Ohio, although not planning
any commemorative events itself, has launched a new website http://1913flood.com/
to publicize 1913 centennial events in the region. The MCD also plans to
release a centennial bookA Flood of Memories in March.

First
page of the article in the January 2013 newsletter The Buzz outlining
some of the 1913 flood centennial outreach plans of the Silver Jackets

The Silver Jackets
is a consortium of Federal and State agencies devoted to reducing the risk of
flooding and other natural disasters as well as enhancing response and recovery
efforts--in part by raising public awareness. Collaborating agencies include
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA), NOAA, and agencies in 33 states. Among other programs, the
Silver Jackets are using the centennial of the 1913 flood to raise public
awareness, including highlighting the effect of the natural disaster in
different communities. It series of web pages--click the tab "Historical
Info" under "The
Great Flood of 1913: 100 Years Later" --summarize the multistate storm system with
riveting quotes and photos. The Silver Jackets also publish a newsletter and other documents. In the January 2013 newsletter, the article "The Great Flood of 1913 Not to Be Forgotten" on pages 8 and 9 discuss some of the Silver Jacket's
outreach plans for commemorating the 1913 centennial. More about the Silver
Jackets outreach events appear in the presentation by Sarah Jamison, NOAA.
See other events listed at http://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu/1913Flood/awareness/events.shtmland follow them on
Twitter at #1913flood and #SilverJackets.

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How could something so enormous be nearly forgotten?

The Great Easter 1913 monumental storm system, tornadoes, and floods - the United States' virtually forgotten most widespread natural disaster - devastated the industrial north from Nebraska to the Atlantic seaboard and down the Mississippi. This blog is devoted to all aspects of the devastation that afflicted 15 states, including meteorology, rescues, philanthropy, heroism and villainy, rebuilding, and lasting legacies - highlighting both the breathtaking geography as well as primary sources uncovered during original research over more than a decade (since July 2003). The blog will supplement and complement articles and other references posted at http://www.trudyebell.com/1913flood.php, a page also listing upcoming talks. All blog installments are Copyright 2012-2015 Trudy E. Bell unless otherwise noted; please contact me at t.e.bell@ieee.org for permission to reprint or use. Follow updates on Twitter @trudyebell

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I'm a former
editor for Scientific American and IEEE Spectrum magazines; my
books include The GreatDayton Flood of 1913 (Arcadia Publishing, 2008) and the Smithsonian
101 volume Weather (HarperCollins,
2007). I've been researching the 1913 flood and its physical, political, and
cultural consequences around the entire eastern U.S. since 2003; articles published
and research papers presented about aspects of the 1913 natural disaster at
historical conferences in six states are available from http://www.trudyebell.com/1913flood.php ). Contact me at [remove
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